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Fiona Talkington - 18/01/2011

Fiona Talkington begins a week of music and storytelling with Laurie Anderson heading for the North Pole, Steve Mackey's reworking of Hans Christian Andersen , a Cornish version of the tale of Barbara Ellen and an Estonian bedtime story for flute, kannel and accordion by Mariliis Valkonen.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Jan 2011 23:15

Music Played

  • Laurie Anderson - The Geographic North Pole

  • David Grubbs

    Kentucky Karaoke

    • Rickets & Scurvy.
    • FatCat FATCD21.
  • Mariliis Valkonen

    Bedtime Story for flute, kannel and accordion

    Performers: Tarmo Johannes (flute), Kristi Mühling (kannel), Sirje Möttus (accordion)

    • New Music from Estonia 2009.
    • Estonian Music Information Centre CD0182009.
  • Per NørgÃ¥rd

    Wie Ein Kind / Som et Barn / Like a Child Lullaby

    Performers: Ensemble 96, Kjetil Almenning (conductor)

    • Kind.
    • 2L 76.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le jardin feerique from Ma mere l'oye

    Performers: Louis Lortie & Helene Mercier (pianos)

    • Ravel – Music for Four Hands.
    • Chandos CHAN8905.
  • Steve Mackey

    Myrtle and Mint

    • Lost and Found.
    • Bridge Records BRIDGE9065.
  • Hauschka

    Kamogawa

    • Foreign Landscapes.
    • FatCat Records CD1312.
  • Vinicio Capossela

    La faccia della terra (the face of the Earth)

    • The Story Faced Man.
    • Nonesuch 2564683459.
  • Charley Patton

    A Spoonful of Blues

    • The Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues.
    • World Music Network RGNET1151CD.
  • Nico Muhly

    The Only Tune

    Performer: Sam Amidon (voice, banjo, guitar)

    • Mothertongue.
    • Bedroom Community HVALUR5.
  • Ola Belle Reed & David Reed

    High on the Mountain

    • Rising Sun Melodies.
    • Smithsonian Folkways 40202.
  • Dalla

    Ann Tremellan / Farewell Maidens All

    • Cribbar.
    • Dalla Records DACD05.
  • Natalie Merchant

    The Sleepy Giant (words by Charles Edward Carryl)

    • Leave Your Sleep.
    • Nonesuch 7559 79804 5.
  • John Surman

    Wayfarer

    • A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe.
    • ECM 523 7492.
  • Luftstrak

    Flykt

    • Siska.
    • KMH CD18.
  • You Are Wolf

    Sednastory

    • Hunting Little Songs.
    • You Are Wolf.
  • You Are Wolf

    Shamansong

    • Hunting Little Songs.
    • You Are Wolf.
  • Ƴٳó±ð²Ô´Ç°ù

    Something to Sleep is Still

    • En Form for Bla.
    • VHF Records 124.

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Jan 2011 23:15

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